The World's First Floating Golf Course Should Be Completed By 2015
The Maldives will soon be home to a $520 million floating golf course on the Indian Ocean. The design should be completed by 2015, according to The Daily Mail. Rising sea levels are threatening many of...
View ArticleWhy The Fashion World Hates Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is fighting an eternal uphill battle in the fashion industry. High fashion has always has a tough industry to penetrate. It has a "snobbery and classism" that stonewalls those deemed...
View ArticleLuxury Companies Are Getting Hammered Because They're Losing Two Big Cash Cows
Sales of designer shoes and handbags are plummeting as consumers realize they can get the same product for much cheaper. This spells trouble for the luxury retail companies who have long considered the...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of Gold Medal Winner Hope Solo's Bachelorette Pad
Hope Solo, one of the best soccer goalies in the world, is always traveling, so she is very excited to finally have a place she can call home. Solo bought a home for $1.2 million in Kirkland,...
View ArticleThis New Luxury Hotel For Dogs Has Full-Size Beds And Flat Screen TVs
A swanky new hotel that caters only to dogs will open in Manhattan's trendy Chelsea neighborhood later this summer, the New York Post reports. Located on West 27th street, D Pet Hotel's luxurious...
View ArticleMicro-Subletting Is Thriving In New York—But Is It Legal?
Micro-subletting is a pretty good business in New York these days. As the New York Post recently reported, residents throughout the city are "bringing in tens of thousands of dollars" renting out their...
View ArticleRetail Workers Reveal The Annoying Little Things That Customers Do
Most retailers adopt the mantra that the customer is always right. But retail employees often get the shaft. Thousands of them recently vented about their experiences on Reddit. Here are some of the...
View ArticleChef Eric Ripert Is Teaching The World How To Open A Scallop On Twitter Right...
Eric Ripert, the executive chef of famous seafood restaurant Le Bernardin in New York, gave a lesson on how to open a scallop on his Twitter feed today. He makes it look pretty easy. But then again he...
View ArticleCostco Proves That Big Retailers Can Offer Employees Healthcare
After the Obamacare ruling, the National Retail Federation said requiring retail employers to offer healthcare would be devastating to the industry. Since the ruling in June, big businesses including...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: This Ultra-Modern $15 Million Hollywood Home Is Absolutely...
A stunning super modern home is on sale for $15 million in West Hollywood, California. The gigantic house spans 10,000 square feet and has seven bedrooms and seven and a half bathrooms. The home is...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Bars In Barcelona
Barcelona is a partygoer’s paradise, with more travelers seeing the Spanish sunrise than the sunset (we need our pre-party evening siesta), and is an absolute can’t-miss destination for any visitor...
View ArticleThe Sad Story Of How United Airlines Didn't Help A Lost Little Girl Find Her...
Author Bob Sutton has posted on his blog a troubling story involving United Airlines and a lost 10-year-old girl. His friends Annie and Perry Klebahn sent their 10-year-old daughter Phoebe as an...
View ArticleHere's How A Hamptons Fundraiser Works
The lawn was filled with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partners dressed in pink looking out on a pink sunset. Rows of Moet & Chandon Champagne bottles stood chilled. On the buffet were dishes from Toy...
View ArticleThese 10 Incredible Private Safaris Will Help You And Your Friends Get Away...
The perfect safari should involve plenty of up-close-and-personal encounters—ideally involving wild animals and not the strangers in the tent next door. Many high-end safari companies are responding to...
View ArticleZynga Employee: I Can't Buy A House Because Of The Stock Crash, But That's...
Zynga's stock has cratered to $3 from a high of more than $15, and that's upset a lot of Zynga's employees. Many of them have come out of the woodwork to complain on Quora, a question-and-answer site...
View ArticleNew Details About IKEA's Secret Fortune Reveal That Its Founder Is Even...
IKEA franchisor Inter IKEA Group recently published its financial performance numbers publicly for the first time, and new details from the report have revealed more about IKEA's fortune, reports...
View ArticleLarry Page And Sergey Brin Are Vacationing In Fiji (GOOG)
Google's cofounders are vacationing in the South Pacific, the Fiji Times reports. CEO Larry Page and Sergey Brin have long shared ownership of a fleet of private jets with Google's chairman, Eric...
View ArticleThe King Lives On: A Tour Of Elvis Presley's Famous Stomping Grounds
Thirty-five years ago today, the world mourned the death of one of its greatest musicians: Elvis Presley. And though he's gone, he certainly hasn't been forgotten. Elvis has been memorialized in films,...
View ArticleJapan's Epic Fast Food War Inspired These Crazy Menu Items
There's a marketing war going on in Japan's fast food industry. Everyone's trying to one-up each other amid intense competition. In 2010, McDonald's and KFC had an all-out advertising war to win...
View ArticleTour An Extraordinary Floating Cabin In The Wilds Of British Columbia
Years ago, Wayne and Margy Lutz paid $30,000 for a tiny float cabin in the wilds of British Columbia. "It cost about the same as taking a fancy cruise," says Margy, who figured the investment would...
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